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A Vista (Home Premium) Shut Down Issue

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I realized similar problems have been posted, but I just have to ask: is
anyone else having issues with the Vista That Just Won't Die?

I bought a new HP pavilion dv6000 with Vista Home Premium installer. All is
good (minus getting used to all the new options) except for ONE thing: Vista
won't shut down. And no, I'm not trying to shut it down with that odd sleep
button that fools you into thinking its a shutdown button. I select "shut
down" on the start menu, and it goes through the motions, and shuts down
properly.....for about 3 seconds. Then, as if a phantom has pressed the power
button, all the lights come back on and it starts whirring away! What gives?!
I wait until the computer is done starting up and go to start, select "shut
down" and the whole thing starts again.

My technician ran a test to check the hard drive, and that's not the issue,
and I have a sneaking suspicion it's all Vista's fault. And yes, I've gone to
the HP site to check on a BIOS update or whatever. Mine is F.16, updated
2/2/2007 which I think is the most recent.

Oh, and just for kicks, it'll shut down just fine every so often, so I look
crazy when I ask people for help.

Have a HP Pavilion dv5---- with Vista Ulimate installed and to date no
problems. I did make it a point to to reset all power management options
(believe me there are plenty ) disabling all sleep, hibernate, lid shutdown
options, power button options and a few I have forgooten about.

"Clara" <Clara@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:06EE3DF5-7CC9-4951-A247-6754865E5500@microsoft.com...
>I realized similar problems have been posted, but I just have to ask: is
> anyone else having issues with the Vista That Just Won't Die?
>
> I bought a new HP pavilion dv6000 with Vista Home Premium installer. All
> is
> good (minus getting used to all the new options) except for ONE thing:
> Vista
> won't shut down. And no, I'm not trying to shut it down with that odd
> sleep
> button that fools you into thinking its a shutdown button. I select "shut
> down" on the start menu, and it goes through the motions, and shuts down
> properly.....for about 3 seconds. Then, as if a phantom has pressed the
> power
> button, all the lights come back on and it starts whirring away! What
> gives?!
> I wait until the computer is done starting up and go to start, select
> "shut
> down" and the whole thing starts again.
>
> My technician ran a test to check the hard drive, and that's not the
> issue,
> and I have a sneaking suspicion it's all Vista's fault. And yes, I've gone
> to
> the HP site to check on a BIOS update or whatever. Mine is F.16, updated
> 2/2/2007 which I think is the most recent.
>
> Oh, and just for kicks, it'll shut down just fine every so often, so I
> look
> crazy when I ask people for help.
>
>

"AJR" <ajrjdr@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:%23Plmu$UeHHA.3632@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Have a HP Pavilion dv5---- with Vista Ulimate installed and to date no
> problems. I did make it a point to to reset all power management options
> (believe me there are plenty ) disabling all sleep, hibernate, lid
> shutdown options, power button options and a few I have forgooten about.
>
>
> "Clara" <Clara@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:06EE3DF5-7CC9-4951-A247-6754865E5500@microsoft.com...
>>I realized similar problems have been posted, but I just have to ask: is
>> anyone else having issues with the Vista That Just Won't Die?
>>
>> I bought a new HP pavilion dv6000 with Vista Home Premium installer. All
>> is
>> good (minus getting used to all the new options) except for ONE thing:
>> Vista
>> won't shut down. And no, I'm not trying to shut it down with that odd
>> sleep
>> button that fools you into thinking its a shutdown button. I select "shut
>> down" on the start menu, and it goes through the motions, and shuts down
>> properly.....for about 3 seconds. Then, as if a phantom has pressed the
>> power
>> button, all the lights come back on and it starts whirring away! What
>> gives?!
>> I wait until the computer is done starting up and go to start, select
>> "shut
>> down" and the whole thing starts again.
>>
>> My technician ran a test to check the hard drive, and that's not the
>> issue,
>> and I have a sneaking suspicion it's all Vista's fault. And yes, I've
>> gone to
>> the HP site to check on a BIOS update or whatever. Mine is F.16, updated
>> 2/2/2007 which I think is the most recent.
>>
>> Oh, and just for kicks, it'll shut down just fine every so often, so I
>> look
>> crazy when I ask people for help.
>>
>>
>
>